Anton De Pasquale can break out the champagne even before he competes in the final round of a national motor racing competition this weekend.
The Werribee South 18-year-old has already been declared winner of the 2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship on points.
De Pasquale is the 21st and last driver to win the event, which will be replaced by a Formula 4 open wheel racing series.
He joins an illustrious list of champions including V8 Supercar driver Craig Lowndes, who won the first title in 1993.
The Westbourne Grammar student finished his VCE a week before he competed in the competition’s sixth round at Phillip Island on November 23-24.
De Pasquale hopes to win the seventh and final round of the championship in Sydney this weekend, despite enjoying an unassailable lead. “The pressure is off, I can have some fun,” he said.
“It will obviously look amazing on my resume to be known as the last champion and it’s a great feeling.
“Anyone who has won this championship has gone on to bigger things. [Formula 1 driver] Mark Webber competed but didn’t win and look at him now.”
De Pasquale hopes to race in Europe, the United States or in Australia’s V8 Supercars next year, but has applied to study a commerce degree as a back-up plan.
